Around the Web Using Bronte to teach history, missions, and global ChristianityCharlotte Bronte's "The Missionary" provides insight into "why missions" and attitudes toward non-Christian religions that might be especially helpful to young people -- so says Phillip Jenkins on Patheos.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 26, 2022
Around the Web God, grades & graduationA study suggests that a "faith-based" life benefits learning, grades, and graduation rates, especially among working-class males.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 25, 2022
Around the Web Roger Angell: Hall of FamerA wonderful tribute to the great editor and baseball writer, Roger Angell, who died at age 101 -- from the New Yorker.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 24, 2022
Around the Web Sex Abuse Reports Rocks Southern Baptist ConventionRussell Moore in Christianity Today calls it an "apocalypse" not a crisis.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 23, 2022
Around the Web The Contagious and Unpredictable SpiritAs Pentecost draws near, Reggie Smith examines the work of the Spirit and implications of Pentecost for today.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 22, 2022
Around the Web The Apostle Paul’s “Lost Letters”?We know the influence of Paul's letters, but are there good reasons to believe he probably wrote other letters and they were lost?Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 18, 2022
Around the Web Bishop Vashti McKenzie to lead the National Council of ChurchesThe recently retired Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church named the interim president of the NCC.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 17, 2022
Around the Web Unspeakable ViolenceKristin Kobes Du Mez writes on Saturday's horrific shooting in Buffalo, New York; "replacement theory;" and silence of conservative Christians.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 16, 2022
Around the Web “This Present Darkness” — how a Christian fantasy series formed today’s conservativesFrank Peretti's novels of angels, demons, and corrupt liberal elites, now seem like reality to some Christians.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 15, 2022